I have decided it's finally time to start documenting the time I spend with my horses.
My plan is to break it down by animal... Let's see how long this will last! If I can't make it daily I can make a weekly overview for sure.
Since it is still morning I'm going to post about yesterday and go from there.
(Now I will go to the single equine breakdown)
JenaMae: I went to my work at 9:30am, since this is where Jena usually is and I am taking care of her for them. Everything was okay. Jena has an abscess in her hind left foot, which is part of why I have her. She needs daily care and a lot of time devoted to her; time which I have. So, Jena is staying with my two boys for the winter.
When I arrived at my work I started gathering the things that Jenna has gotten while at my work and her personal things (bridle, brushes, she came with a hackamore, and a bucket for her grain). After I had everything of hers, I went and got her from the pasture. Of course she was on one of the farther ends. When I started leading her back I notice she was limping quite a bit (we had known about an original abscess, had it drained, and now it seemed to be coming back. Over the course of 3 days, she went from mildy limping, to severely limping). When I started leading her back she was limping quite a bit but as I led her more the limping went to mild. She never protested to being led. She walked right with me. After I brought her out of the pasture I let her eat while we waited for my boss who was going to use her stock trailer rather than the two horse straight load trailer I have access to. JenaMae's owner had told me that Jena has trouble trailering, and we saw it first hand. My boss loaded her and was tying her, all the while Jena was trying to throw my boss around (Jena did bite her once, and smashed her hand... Jena didn't seem to care if she killed my boss). When we finally got her in and a little calmer (she was still freaked out) we closed the middle door and decided she wasn't going to calm down any more so we left. All the way to my house (5 miles) she danced around in the trailer but she got to my house safely. No injuries (yay!). We unloaded her fairly easily and I brought her up and put her in my round pen to let her get used to our property and being around new things.
At 1:30pm I had the vet come out to check her foot, he said it was e, and the abscess was still draining, I just have to make sure I soak it and keep it clean. He said I could wrap it to keep it clean, but that wouldn't let her foot breathe properly so it is best to just soak it and clean it at least once a day. So we took care of all of that. So, I put Jena back in the round pen since she seemed antsy.
My plan was to let her be out overnight eating so we let her out in our little pasture so she wouldn't be introduced to my geldings right away (plus it will be easier to take care of her if she is up here by the house and the grass is nice and clean). We let her out at 6pm and went about our night.
Joey, Rein, and Taco: Everything happened like it normally would. Pasture, and grain. Joey seems to be skinny, we have a vet appointment next Thursday to see about floating his teeth.
My plan is to break it down by animal... Let's see how long this will last! If I can't make it daily I can make a weekly overview for sure.
Since it is still morning I'm going to post about yesterday and go from there.
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
We are fostering a horse for winter! She is a white paint. Her name is JenaMae, and she is quite headstrong, but she is also so sweet. She is on free-lease to my work, and I just love her so is going to spend the winter here. (My work has about 15 horses in the summer so it is better for them to be kept elsewhere during the winter.)(Now I will go to the single equine breakdown)
JenaMae: I went to my work at 9:30am, since this is where Jena usually is and I am taking care of her for them. Everything was okay. Jena has an abscess in her hind left foot, which is part of why I have her. She needs daily care and a lot of time devoted to her; time which I have. So, Jena is staying with my two boys for the winter.
When I arrived at my work I started gathering the things that Jenna has gotten while at my work and her personal things (bridle, brushes, she came with a hackamore, and a bucket for her grain). After I had everything of hers, I went and got her from the pasture. Of course she was on one of the farther ends. When I started leading her back I notice she was limping quite a bit (we had known about an original abscess, had it drained, and now it seemed to be coming back. Over the course of 3 days, she went from mildy limping, to severely limping). When I started leading her back she was limping quite a bit but as I led her more the limping went to mild. She never protested to being led. She walked right with me. After I brought her out of the pasture I let her eat while we waited for my boss who was going to use her stock trailer rather than the two horse straight load trailer I have access to. JenaMae's owner had told me that Jena has trouble trailering, and we saw it first hand. My boss loaded her and was tying her, all the while Jena was trying to throw my boss around (Jena did bite her once, and smashed her hand... Jena didn't seem to care if she killed my boss). When we finally got her in and a little calmer (she was still freaked out) we closed the middle door and decided she wasn't going to calm down any more so we left. All the way to my house (5 miles) she danced around in the trailer but she got to my house safely. No injuries (yay!). We unloaded her fairly easily and I brought her up and put her in my round pen to let her get used to our property and being around new things.
At 1:30pm I had the vet come out to check her foot, he said it was e, and the abscess was still draining, I just have to make sure I soak it and keep it clean. He said I could wrap it to keep it clean, but that wouldn't let her foot breathe properly so it is best to just soak it and clean it at least once a day. So we took care of all of that. So, I put Jena back in the round pen since she seemed antsy.
My plan was to let her be out overnight eating so we let her out in our little pasture so she wouldn't be introduced to my geldings right away (plus it will be easier to take care of her if she is up here by the house and the grass is nice and clean). We let her out at 6pm and went about our night.
Joey, Rein, and Taco: Everything happened like it normally would. Pasture, and grain. Joey seems to be skinny, we have a vet appointment next Thursday to see about floating his teeth.